"Music at Grazhda" celebrates its 20th jubilee (05/05/02)

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"Music at Grazhda" celebrates its 20th jubilee

by Ihor Sonevytsky

JEWETT, N.Y. - "Music at Grazhda" celebrates its 20th anniversary during the summer of 2002. The well-known and popular classical music festival in Jewett, N.Y., in the Hunter area is directed by composer Ihor Sonevytsky.

The Zapolski String Quartet, "possibly the best string quartet in Denmark" (Politiken, March 2002), and pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky will inaugurate the season on June 29. A centennial tribute to Edward Kozak will be held on July 6.

On July 20, the anniversary celebration dubbed "From Vienna to Broadway" will feature four singers in arias and songs from operettas and musicals: Lesia Hrabova, Charlene Marcinko, Bohdan Sikora and Oleh Chmyr.

Bass-baritone Taras Kulish, a well-established opera singer from Canada who will sing the title role of Don Giovanni in Europe this summer, will make his Grazhda debut on August 3. Pianist Oksana Lutsyshyn will perform works by Scriabin, Schumann, Kasparov and Kikta on August 17 and the up-and-coming violinist Solomia Ivakhiv will give a recital on August 24.

The last concert will take place on Sunday, September 1, with the Forte String Quartet and Mr. Vynnytsky performing works by Brahms, Chausson and Sonevytsky.

The Music and Art Center of Greene county also offers workshops in Ukrainian Folk Arts - ceramics, Easter-egg making, embroidery, bead-stringing and folk-singing for children. These will be given between July 29 and August 9. The popular Children's Concert will take place on August 10.

All performances are held in Grazhda Concert Hall on Route 23A in Jewett, adjacent to the Ukrainian Catholic Church. For further information please call (518) 989-6479 or (212) 674-6569 or send e-mail to musicandartgc@brama.com.

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